He houder construction



Dec. 27, 1949 c, ANDERS N 2,492,254

TIE HOLDER CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 7, 1948 Patented Dec. 27, 1949UNITE-D :"STAT'ES PATENT QFFICE G-arl A. Anderson, Oranston, .R. ;I.,assignor "to AndersonTooL'aYz FDie Works, Inc.,- aconlw tation of:Rhoile Island Application January 7, l948,wSerial No.84!

6 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to mens jewelry, and has particularreference to a novelconstruction for a tie holder.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a tie holder havingabase on which the tie is positioned, and movable wings for retainin thetie in place.

Another object of the invention is to provide atieholder having aibasewithtwo wings swingingly mounted on the base ends and movable inoverlying spaced relation to .the base.

Still another vobjectis .to provide a tie holder havin a base with .mov'ble wings mounted .to overlie the base ends with theirinner portions inspaced relation, the .base having raised portions whereby a tiepositioned on the base and heldin position by the end wings.israisedorpufied out between the end wings.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features .in view, theinvention consists of .a .novel arrangement .of parts vmore fully.disclosed in the detailed description following, .in conjunction withthe :accompanying drawings, and more specifically idefined Tinthe-claims appended thereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of apreferred construction for the novel tieholder;

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof partly in section on the line 2-2 otFig.1;

Fig.3 is an enlarged vertical section thereof on theline 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the base parts;

Fig.5 is a plan view of amodified construction;

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectionon the line of Fig.5; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view ofa modified base part therefor.

It has-been found desirable to construct :a :tie holder 'with a basewhich .canbeqdetachably secured to ashirt hem andbn which a tie .mayibepositioned, the base having end wings which are secured to the base endsand are movable to overlie the base end portions, the length of thewings being determined to provide a central opening or spacetherebetween, whereby the end wings fold over the tie ends and extendtowards each other to expose the tie portion therebetwen. It has alsobeen found preferable to raise parts of the central area of the baseadjacent the central opening or space, whereby the exposed tie portionis bulged out slightly. To this end, I provide a base having a tie hemgripping clamp and two movable wings which are mounted on the :baseends, preferably pivotally, ithelength .of the wings being such thatthey ifoldin .spacedrelation to the base over the endsof'aztiepositionedonthe .base and. leave the oentraliportionmf the -.tie exposedtherebetween, and 21 provide upstanding projections .or bulges on thebase to slightly push the exposed tie portion outwardly.

iReferr-ing to thedrawings, the novel tieholder l0 includes an elongatedbase comprising an upper section H :and a .lower section .12. The lowersection t2 -is preferably madeof resilient stamped metal, and has aresilient shirt hem clamp 13 urged towards the base to detachably grip-a shirt hem :therebetween, the clamp 13 being preferably :stamped outof'the base metal. The ends of the lower-base section 12 are reduced,see Fig-4, and lugs -l 5 are struck up from the stock thereof. 'Theupper base section H is also preferably stamped from sheet metal, andalso has-reduced ends l6,-the ends having downwardly positioned side'tabs l7 provided with aligned vertical slots I8.

The upper basesection H also "has *two'openings *l9,--see Fig. '4,through which-the lugs [5 of the =10werbase-section I2 extendto beswaged in place-and-two struck up fingers 20 which are spacedintermediate the ends, as ;illustrated whereby rigid oentral-portionand'two end portions, the end portions each having associated elements ofresilient :material. 'Thefingers20 constitute tie raising means. Two"wingsupports 2| are provided, each having an upper flat portionf22, anupright portion 23, and .a reversely bent 'lower portion "24 providedwith end hinge pins :25, whereby eachwing supportmay be mounted on theupperbase section ends IS with thehinge pins 25 positioned in the slotsJ8 andthebent lower portion '24 and the upright portion 23 movablebetween' the side tabs l1.

When so mounted h w ngsunports may be snap swung to up and down positionas shown in Fig. 2, the bent portion 24 and the upright portion 23camming against the ends 14 of the lower base section l2. Two ornamentalwings 26 and 2611 are secured as by soldering, to the upper flatportions 22 of the wing supports 2|, and are of a length to conceal thepivotal mountings and to extend over the fingers 20 of the upper basesection I I, the contiguous wing inner ends being spaced to expose thecentral area of the upper base section. The camming action of the wingsupports and the associated lower base section ends the two basesections form a relatively releasably locks the wings in overlying andin open position with respect to the base.

The tie holder is mounted on a shirt hem by means of the base clamp, thewings bein folded to up position, and the tie is inserted to seat On thebase between the wings, which are then folded down to grip the tiebetween the wings and the upstanding fingers 28, whereby the ornamentalwings seem to be one piece passing through the tie, which is slightlybulged out between the wings.

The tie holder may be of modified construction as shown in Figs. 5, 6and 7, wherein the base includes an upper base section 28 stamped asillustrated in Fig. '7, with ends 29 provided with side tabs 30 havingslots 3!, and having a central raised portion 32 on which the inner endsof the wings 26 and 26a rest and spaced rivet opening 33, the otherparts and their arrangement being as illustrated in Figs. 2 to 4.

Although I have described specific constructional embodiments of myinvention, changes in the size, shape and arrangement of the parts maybe made to provide different tie holder designs without departing fromthe spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. In a tie holder, a base having a shirt hem clasp, wing sectionspivotally mounted on each end of the base and movable from a positionoverlying the base to a position away from the base, wherebya tie may bemounted on the base and the wing sections moved over the tie, said wingsections being of substantial length but terminating short of the basecenter, whereby the central portion of the tie in the tie-holder is notcovered, and means within the ends of the base extending upwardly fromthe base to raise the central portion of the tie in the tie holder theends of the wings overlying the raising means and spaced from the basebetween the raising means and the ends of the base.

2. In a tie holder, a base having a shirt hem clasp, wing sectionspivotally mounted on each end of the base and movable from a positionoverlying the base to a position away from the base, whereby a tie maybe mounted on the base and the wing sections moved over the tie, saidwing sections being of substantial length but terminating short of thebase center, whereby the central portion of the tie in the tie holder isnot covered, and means within the ends of the base comprising acentrally positioned element extending upwardly from the base to raisethe central portion of the tie in the tie holder the ends of the wingsoverlying the raising means and spaced from the base between the raisingmeans and the ends of the base.

3. In a tie holder, a base having an upper section\ and a resilientlower section, said lower section having a shirt hem clasp, the ends ofthe upp r section having pivot ears extending downwardly therefrom, andwing sections having pivot pins seated in the pivot ears and engagingthe resilient section, said wing sections being selectively movable froma position overlying the base to a position away from the base, saidwing sections including cam parts engageable with the lower base sectionends for releasably retaining the wing sections in selected position.

4. In a tie holder, a base having an upper section and a resilient lowersection, said lower section having a shirt hem clasp, the ends of theupper section having pivot ears extending downwardly therefrom, and wingsections having pivot pins seated in the pivot ears and engaging theresilient section, said wing sections being selectively movable from aposition overlying the base to a position away from the base, each wingsection including a support extending around the associated end of thebase upper section.

5. In a tie holder, a base having an upper section and a resilient lowersection, said lower section having a shirt hem clasp, the ends of theupper section having pivot ears extending downwardly therefrom, and wingsections having pivot pins seated in the pivot ears and engaging theresilient section, said wing sections being selectively movable from aposition overlying the base to a position away from the base, each wingsection including a support extending around the associated end of thebase upper section, said support having a cam part engageable with theassociated lower base section end for releasably retaining the wingsection in selected position.

6. In a tie holder, a base having a central portion and two endportions, said end portions each comprising two associated elements ofresilient material, a wing support at each end portion hingedly mountedon one of the associated ele ments, a wing secured to each wing supportfor swinging movement towards and away from the base, said wings beingof a length to terminate short of the base center when swung towards thebase, and means at each end portion for releasably retaining the wingthereof in parallel relation to and at right angles to the basecomprising a cam member on the wing support at the end portionengageable with the other associated element of said end portion.

CARL A. ANDERSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,345,216 Narbett June 29, 19202,168,946 Rogers Aug. 8, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 2,421Great Britain of 1912 181,609 Great Britain June 22, 1922

